I was pretty keen to get back into the social arena after a couple of quiet and admittedly somewhat boring days at home, (and to make sure that people didn't forget about us and make new friends). I'd arranged to go to Odaiba with Jo and Momo on the boat from Shibaura. It was rather overcast, and the heavens opened just as we pulled in to the jetty. We got soaked to the skin running round to the Aqua City entrance, but it was quite funny really, and we soon dried out.
At Starbucks I tried in vain to get Emily to take a nap. Though she'd been awake for a long time she didn't actually seem remotely tired. We browsed around the shopping mall there, and I noted a lot of chavs, with big, bleached hair and tattoos (the men, mostly). Just like Lakeside on a work day, even Japan has its unemployed minor criminals and their molls, it seems. Just as I was about to try something on in Next, Emily decided to kick off, and I had to abandon the attempt to raise my dress level above scruff.
I pushed her up and down to try to sooth her, but in the end had to put her on the breast in a lounge area. Jo and Momo stayed with us and Michele crawled up and down very quickly. He is soon a year old, so I suppose you'd expect him to be pretty active now. Isy wasn't far off crawling, though only 7 months.
While walking up and down the mall I'd seen a sign for a kids' playplace upstairs, and we went to check it out. It turned out to be a great little Minato-ku ward-run jidokan (and therefore free). They were the only children there and had a fun time with all the toys, some of which looked brand new. They really enjoyed being pushed around in a box. Emily showed off her new crawling technique.
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